7.13.2012

This weekend...

This is the future home of our Tenenbaums-inspired game room. Seriously. Yay! We're cleaning out the old hay loft in the barn tomorrow. I'm going to order the roof materials soon, but our goal this weekend is to get this area cleaned up. To keep myself motivated, I made a short list of game room essentials:

ping pong table (found one yesterday)

hammock

long table with benches

board games (I've been collecting vintage board games for a while now)

mini fridge

basketball hoop

dart board

comfy couch and chairs

kegerator (that's PRH's addition...well, OK, it's on my list, too)

do we want a television in that space? I'm not sure.

The image above is what the space looks like when you're standing in the center of the room looking out over the rest of the barn. My ultimate dream is to install a wall of glass so you can still see the interior structure of the barn, but keep the game room separate and clean. This image from Dwell is kind of what I'm thinking about.

I'm loving this room and any room on this board, but here are some other images that will keep me inspired while we're up to our armpits in mice and gross old hay. I love the delineation of space and the contrast of the white walls with the dark ceiling in Aesthetic Movement’s New York showroom (via Design Sponge). That table is pretty killer, too...

Sounds like a great plan. Our basement is going to be games central: board games, card games, video games (so yes to the TV for us), pool and ping pong. Bonus, we found our ping pong table in the barn left by some previous owner. Score! Good luck with your clean out. It will be a great space!

Fun! My uncle has a game room that includes the games my sister and I were lucky enough to have as kids: a full-size Pengo arcade game, a pinball machine, and a pop-a-shot basketball game. He added a slot machine to the mix (the kind with actual wheels spinning with images on them). Also, rows upon rows of collected beer cans. :)